Main entry:

Fulton, William B., 1955-

Title & Author:

The reluctant metropolis : the politics of urban growth in Los Angeles / William Fulton ; with a new afterword by the author.

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Description:

viii, 407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Point Arena, CA : Solano Press Books, 1997. With new introd.
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places"--T.p. verso.
"Originally published in a hardcover edition in 1997 by Solano Press Books, Point Arena, California"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-392) and index.
Introduction: The Collapse of the Growth Machine -- pt. 1. Power -- 1. The Beachhead -- 2. Perestroika Co-opted -- 3. Suburbs of Extraction -- pt. 2. Structure -- 4. Redefining Chinatown -- 5. The Money Train -- 6. The Reluctant Metropolis -- pt. 3. Land -- 7. The Education of Maria VanderKolk -- 8. The Politics of Extinction -- pt. 4. Money -- 9. The Taking of Parcel K -- 10. Welcome to Sales Tax Canyon -- pt. 5. Consequences -- 11. Whose Riot Was This, Anyway? -- 12. Cloning Los Angeles -- 13. Cocoon Citizenship and Toon Town Urbanites.

Summary:

In twelve engaging essays, William Fulton chronicles the history of urban planning in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, tracing the legacy of short-sighted political and financial gains that has resulted in a vast urban region on the brink of disaster. Looking at such diverse topics as shady real estate speculations, the construction of the Los Angeles subway, the battle over the future of South Central L.A. after the 1992 riots, and the emergence of Las Vegas as "the new Los Angeles," Fulton offers a fresh perspective on the city's epic sprawl. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship," the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801865069 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780801865060 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urbanization California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Case studies.
Community development California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Case studies.
Community development.
Urbanization.
Politik
Stadtentwicklung
City planning California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
Urbanization California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
Community development California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
California Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
Los Angeles, Calif. Region

Form/genre:

Case studies.

Added entries:

Center for American Places

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220175
Call No.: HT168.L6 F8 2001
Status: Available